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A 50-year-old event, which taken as true would be totally unremarkable for teenage boys, is now being injected into a campaign for the presidency of the United States.

I can't decide which is sadder: that Jason Horowitz and his editors the Washington Post think this a is legitimate news story, or that it was done under the pretense of journalistic objectivity.

If true, I feel bad for the person involved, but this was a half-century ago. Teenagers mistreat each other. Sometimes they get into fights. Sometimes they do stupid things like the incident described in the Post article, whether this particular one is true or false. But to suggest this is "troubling," rather than typical behavior for young males? Give me a break.

What does this article do but lower the discourse and distract from the real issues?

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